Shattered by Kevin Hearne (The Iron Druid Chronicles,
Book 7) (Fantasy) NY Times Best Seller!
"Granuaile raised her hand. I have a problem with this plan to
stab my father in the head and the heart!" (pg 66)
Hunted
by Kevin Hearne (The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 6)
“Atticus speaking: "Do you
mean Pi, the
mathematical symbol?"
Oberon the Irish Wolfhound: "< No, Atticus, I mean Shepherd's
Pie. I'm not going to confuse that with math. Shepherd's Pie is
delicious and desirable, math is not.> " (pg 67)
The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne have, for the most part,
been an entertaining and fun series for reading. I just barely
finished the 8th book in the series called “Staked”,
and to me, it didn't seem as good as the other volumes. I got a bit
bored with all the Norse mythology stuff being rehashed over and over
again, could it be the author was struggling for ideas? (Not
surprising after writing seven volumes about the same characters.) I
just wanted to read about Atticus (the main character) and his latest
adventures. I stopped reading “Staked” about 2/3 through and put
it away for a few months, then I pulled it out again the other night
and completely finished it within a few days. It's not my favorite
one of the series but the story is still entertaining and witty. I
will continue to be a fan of the author as he creates more adventures
for these characters. The one unique thing about the latest book is
that it bounced around between three main points of view- Atticus
(main character and the one known as the iron druid) his female
student and now a full druid Granuaile, and Owen, Attticus' old druid
master who was rescued from being trapped in time. It is an
interesting story telling device having the three points of view, it
also was sometimes a bit confusing. I can't say if I liked the
technique or not yet, I am reserving judgment on that for now.
Throughout the series there have always been parts of the story
including “conversations” between Atticus and his dog (and the
dogs point of view), these are some of the best parts of all the
books. Oberon, the Irish Wolf Hound is the dog, he is one of the
characters I love in this series.
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| A man with his Irish Wolfhound. |
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| Author Kevin Hearne |
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